Forestry Services: General Silviculture Work

Forestry Services: General Silviculture Work

  • Chemical weeding¦: Application of herbicide for weed control

  • Manual weeding¦

  • Slashing of weeds

  • Slashing and ring hoeing of weeds

  • Pruning: Value-adding activity, removal of branches

  • Pitting: Preparation of soil (pits) for planting

  • Planting and blanking: planting of seedlings

  • Fertilising: Providing nutrition for planted seedlings

  • Marking for thinning: Marking of trees to be removed during thinning

  • Firefighting¦ Fighting wild fires

  • Standby duty: Standby for firefighting purposes

  • Conservation¦ Clearing of non-commercial areas of weeds

  • Preparation and burning of firebreaks

  • Preparation and burning under the canopy

  • Road clearing¦ opening roads through manual slashing